Companies Advised to Safeguard Systems from Hackers

Manager for Systems Engineering at Symantec, Vic Ciencia, said that companies should be extra cautious in protecting their information as figures on the Internet security threat display that the information threat has multiplied in the last 6 months of 2007, as per the news of SunStar on May 16, 2008.

Vic attributes phishing as the major hurdle, which hampers the growth of companies. phishing is known as an unauthentic method of extracting data like credit card details, usernames and passwords, by appearing as a familiar source in electronic communication.